Merry Christmas from Lexy!

Here is the little chica all decked out in her santa christmas dress! She had fun at her Christmas parties and got so many gifts! She got lots and lots of beautiful outfits and cool new toys! Very lucky girl. Oh, and she also got a surprise gift of 6 new teeth coming in all at once!!....Her top 4 center teeth and 2 bottom to the sides of the 2 middle she has already are all coming for the new year! So crazy!
We hope everyone had a very merry Christmas and we feel so blessed to have gotten the best gift of all....Alexya's smile! :)
Happy Holidays to all of you and God Bless!

Lexy with auntie Lauryn

Opening a present with mommy

Worky-Work Busy-Bee

It's too funny to watch Alexya playing these days. Now that she can walk, she tries to carry as much as she can or the heaviest things she can find around the room. Sometimes we are lucky and they have a handle, but sometimes they are ridiculous to carry (like the snow globe below: no handle, and way too heavy) and she will come crashing down with a bang. It's funny though becuase if she is really deterimined to carry a particular object...it doesn't matter how many times she drops it or if she gets hurt when she falls...she will try and try again.

She also has the most serious look on her face while carrying things. Like it is very very important work that she is doing. She will organize her toys (in no particular way...or at least that I can figure out) and bring them to one part of the room and put certain ones in her barn and some in her truck and then some go to me of course. The funny thing is that even though I can't understand the order in which she is organizing them, she can! She remembers which ones go where and if you move them she will move them back....all of this while still having the serious face on...like she's doing very important things and working very hard. Sometimes she even works up a little sweat on her brow. :)

The pictures are from our visit to Grandma and Grandpa in the country last week. It was our Christmas visit since we can't come out on actual Christmas (we have 4 Christmases....1. Country G&G, 2. Grandpa Mike and Sushuma & fam, 3. G&G Hernandez & fam, and 4. OURS). We had a great time relaxing and playing in the country and eating REALLY good food as always!

Lexy and daddy opening her present and figuring out what it is and how it works.

Here's the snow globe that Lexy got for Christmas from G&G Country. It is almost as big as she is and plays all kinds of Christmas songs and she can push the button and turn the music and the snow on and off.

Happy Walking Chica

I am in love with my daughter more every day. She is changing so fast and learning so much that it seems like she does something new each day now. Just the little things like scolding Toretto, then learning to sit in her new chair (so cute from Sushuma :)) and shaking her head side to side when you say "no-no-no" are amazing me and make me feel so proud of her. Just as the big events like walking are amazing me, so are the little things.
Like recently she has become so cuddly with me. It's really cute and sweet because she will be playing and then if I'm sitting on the floor she will suddenly decide to come cuddle. She'll walk over to me and flop down in my lap with her arms out around me and lies there for a few seconds then flips over and lays with her fingers in her mouth and her little body resting comfortably on me so content. It's the best! :)
She also loves bringing her books over to me, no matter how heavy they are (jolene and debbie gifts in particular ;)), and handing them to me, then climbs into my lap and gets comfortable because I made a deal with her that whenever she brings me a book, I will read it to her.

So on another note: we put up our Christmas tree, which I'm going to take a picture of, and Lexy is in awe of it. She points at it and smiles, but she's still not sure what the heck it is and, lucky for us, won't touch it yet. Also, as you can see below she is getting very good at walking now and even running (walking very very fast).

Happy 1st Birthday Alexya!

It's been a very busy week! Happy belated Thanksgiving to everyone and I'm so happy we got to see alot of the family at Therese and Scott's house for the holiday. Lexy was the only baby there and ran around socializing with everyone as best she could. She was very excited and wouldn't take a nap (as usual) and so she got very tired and fussy by the end of the day. But, at least everyone got to see her in person (alot of you for the first time!). It was so much fun!

We also had guests fly in from LA (Gerric and Jolene) to stay with us Friday through Monday. We had such a good time and really miss them now that they are gone :(... For those of you that don't know, Gerric is Robert's BFF and Jolene is his wife and a "regular" visiter to this Blog ;) always leaving very nice comments :)! They came to Lexy's b-day party Saturday and then we hung out Sunday and spent some "quality time" together. Lexy wasn't used to people staying in her house and was so tired from all the activities (thanksgiving and her b-day) and so she was really grumpy for most of the time, but she had fun playing and showing off to Gerric and Jolene.

Robert and I were really happy they came and finally had a chance to meet Alexya. They were suprised at how different Robert was compared to how he used to be growing up in LA. They said he was such a great dad and I agree! Now, we are wondering if the visit has inspired them to have kids.....hehehe...or inspired them to wait and take their time! :) Anyway, they were the best houseguests ever and we would love to have them back anytime! We also plan on visiting them/staying with them when we take Lexy to Disneyland for the 1st time! :)

Here are some Birthday pictures. The top one is of Lexy on her actual B-day (yesterday) and the bottom is of her at her party on Saturday. We should get some better pics from Gerric and Jolene and Robert's parents to put up later.



Thank you to everyone that came to Lexy's birthday party and for all of the wonderful gifts! She got a ton of peek-a-boo books, a singing Eeyore w/moving ears, a stuffed bowling pin set w/shoes, a keyboard, really really cute clothes, a cute kids chair to sit in, a director's chair and blocks to play with, more books, and I'm probably forgetting stuff but you get the idea. She also had fun climbing into the bags and pulling out the tissue paper and grabbing the peices of wrapping paper I would start for her and yanking them off to open her gifts.

We played a quiz questions about Lexy game and Candice, Amy and Lauryn all tied! So we had a tie breaker question that Candice won based on the most details of Lexy's outfit. We had cake with a big yellow duck on it and all sang to Lexy, but after sticking her finger in it, she didn't want to eat the frosting at all! Overall it was very fun and she had a great time (but again was tired from no nap and got cranky towards the end).

Now that all the festivities are over she is relaxed and happy and back to normal happy chica status....Sorry, but she's gonna have to get used to it: her b-day is always going to be right around thanksgiving and a busy time full of activies (and no naps!). :)

Here is Gerric, Jolene and Alexya! Thanks again for visiting us!

First Steps!!! She Finally Did It!

This is the best picture I could snap of Alexya taking her first steps!
So funny how it happened...She had taken a step or two before and then stopped and sat down and cried in frustration a few times before. Then, today I was watching TV when I noticed she was being very quiet...which is weird...so I looked behind me and saw her in the corner behind the dinner table standing up by herself..and then she took like 3 steps and sat down quietly. It was like she was practicing. Then I decided to try to get her to do it again..so I gave her one of her sandals to hold in one hand and she held my hand w/her other hand and was standing...and then I replaced my hand w/the other sandal and let her go...and she started laughing and walking and laughing and she kept walking and holding the sandals in her hands! We kept doing this and then she just started going on her own.
Crazy thing is that this was at like 4pm and ever since...she just keeps popping up and walking around the house like it's nothing! Robert came home from work and freaked out because she just walked over to him! So Crazy! I can't believe she is walking now and I'm so happy I was here to witness it and see how happy she is doing it! It's like 12 days before she turns 1...so cool cause she will be walking at her party! :) Yay Alexya!

Mommy smooshing Boogie's face and giving her kisses.

Crazy Daddy and daughter having fun.

Fun and Discipline

Ok ok I know...she is so super cute and happy and all that....most of the time....But! Especially lately, she is definately changing and trying out some new personalities...like...cranky tantrum throwing girl! She is going through a period now where she knows what she wants and if she doesn't get it or doesn't like what you are doing, she will scream at you.

This all started a week or two ago when she starting being more confident at walking and so she wants to hold your hand and have you walk her...which is fine until you are tired of walking in circles for an hour and want to sit down... then she will come over and grab your hand and pry your fingers apart till she gets your index finger and then wraps her hand around it and start walking off (and you are supposed to come with) and you stay put and so she pulls and pulls and then lets go and flops to the ground and starts screaming and fake crying like you just broke her heart. Seriously, I know I'm making this dramatic, but it IS this dramatic I swear!

I try to calmly explain to her "lexy, mommy is tired and we are done walking right now...why don't you play with your toys or read your books?" She goes and grabs a toy and throws it down and then makes eye contact with me and smiles and comes charge-crawling right back over to me and trys to grab my hand again!!

This goes on and on until I can't take it anymore so I stand up and walk away from her....OH..My..Gosh...END OF THE WORLD TIME!

It's funny because this is just one example, but there are so many others where it's just hard to know when to comfort and when to scold and when to just let her cry and be mad. We are definately learning all of this RIGHT NOW and I'm sure all the parents out there are going...um ya...get used to it, it never ends!

Lexy chugging her juice...she doesn't even use these cups anymore..so this is so crazy..this picture is only 3 weeks old! She will only use a kid's cup with a lid and straw now.

**Oh, and by the way (since Jolene reminded me) her clothing size is another changing factor. She has pants that are 6-9 months, but now I think they are getting too small/short....so...If you want to get her clothes then buy the 12 month size please. Socks are 6-12 mo now, but soon will be 12-18...shoes are size 3 now and soon will be size 4. So if you want her to wear them now or later it's your choice. (honestly, I think she skipped size 2 shoes...she grew so fast at one point!)

Playing a video game that daddy found (it was his like 30 years ago and still works! Star wars of course). It makes cool sounds and only has like 4 buttons to push so she loves it! I think it's Return of the Jedi...he also has the Empire Strikes Back game still.

Speaking of Star Wars...Robert calls her his "jawa" when she has her hood up like this... (for those not familiar w/Star wars and all of the many crazy creatures, like me, I think they are the tiny sand people with the hooded cloaks.

Alexya and Isabel's Day at the Park

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Here are the hotties all piled in Debbie's SUV looking cute as ever and ready to roll!

Had to stick this one in...Lexy stuffing her face w/bananas. Yep, that's my girl!

After our picnic lunch we went to the playground so Lexy could play and let out some energy! Here she is on the swings...so cute because Debbie was swinging next to her (on the adult swings...geeze people) :)

This one is hard to really see Lexy, but she is pulling me along because she is so excited to walk around on the playground. Too bad she can't walk by herself yet, but then again...that will be another story right?! She loves to walk and pick up all the leaves off the ground (stopping every two feet to pick up another one). She loves the slide and the swings and just exploring everything. It's really fun to bring her to parks and it was really fun having Debbie and Isabel there to play with (even though Isabel can't get out of her stroller yet, Lexy loves having an audience). Just wait till the two of them can walk and play...it will be so much fun! :)

Tinkerbell's 1st Trick or Treat

We had a great Halloween this year! Alexya got all dressed up as Tinkerbell (complete with tin foil wrapped straw/wand which didn't make it in the pictures). We got to give out candy at Grandma's house and then go trick or treating when daddy got home from work. She got to see all the kids running around the street in their costumes and she was totally in awe of them and curious as to why they were laughing and running and looking so weird!
It was so much fun taking her from door to door! Way more fun than I had anticipated because Alexya actually had fun. She was so cute... the person would open the door and mommy and daddy would say "trick or treat" and the person would give Lexy a piece of candy and she would stare at them and just hold onto the candy like a treasure. Then after we walked away from the door I would hold out her pumpkin bag and say "put it in your bag" and she would just drop it in. Then onto the next house...she would point her wand and scream out in excitement! It was too cute and I was getting emotional and trying not to cry and let Robert see I was tearing up....geeze..I know I know...but I didn't think it would be so fun for her and it hit me so hard that I'm taking my daughter out for her first trick or treating experience. Even Robert had fun..still in his EMT uniform, straight from work, and so proud holding his little squealing tinkerbell daughter.

Dancing Tinkerbell

Now how am I gonna eat all this candy? (75 bags that grandma made to hand out to the kids!)

Lexy's 1st Pumpkin Carving!

We all went up to Grandma and Grandpa's country house on Monday to carve pumpkins for Halloween. Alexya's cousins Riley and Christopher were there to carve pumpkins too and Grandma even made pumpkin cookies for everyone that were delicious! Grandpa had planted the pumpkin seeds during our visit on Memorial day weekend in May and they had turned out great as you can see! Lexy got to pick a new pumpkin, since there were 'complications' with hers (don't ask ;)). So of course she wants THIS one...which is about her size and the biggest pumpkin...No Lexy, not that one...

What about THIS one that grandpa carved and looks so cool??...No Lexy, not that one either...

What about THIS one that's the smallest pumpkin of all and daddy and mommy carved it???

YES Lexy, you can have THAT one! Thanks Grandpa and Grandma for the greatest pumpkin carving experience! :)

Come Play With Me!

Thanks for the cute outfit Debbie! (It's a peasant blouse w/ matching brown cords) Well, here her sock is pulled up chola style, but she's having fun with her toys at grandma and grandpa's house.

Here's Lexy with Grandma (and you can see the outfit better :)) They are having some puffs and hanging out after a long hard day of shopping at the mall....hehehe

I love this picture cause I love the looks on both Lexy and grandpa's faces. So cute. He stopped by to visit and play in Lexy land and we all went out to lunch at the brand new mexican restaurant by our house...which is now our favorite! If you come visit we will take you there! hint hint... come visit...

Ok, ok take a close look at this one...yes those are curlers in her hair! Daddy thought it would be fun to put them in her hair...and as you can see...doesn't matter to her! As long as she is in daddy's arms she's content. :)